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The Redbreast: A Harry Hole Novel (Harry Hole Series #3) (Paperback)

Staff Reviews

Great writing and riveting plots are hallmarks of Nesbo’s
Harry Hole series. Harry is charged with
taking part in the security detail when the American President visits Norway,
something goes horribly awry. The powers
that be do not want the press to get wind of their errors, so the easiest thing
to do is remove the weak link. Harry is
reassigned to keep watch on the Neo-Nazis and their nasty little plans. But Harry is distracted by information that
someone has recently bought a very specialized sniper rifle, an expensive and
hard to come by gun, a gun that would be not only out of the price range of
most of the Neo-Nazis but way out of their league too. So who purchased the smuggled gun and who are
they planning to kill? The trail will
lead back more than sixty years to a cold winter on the Russian front. The Redbreast was awarded the Norwegian
Bookseller’s Prize 2000 for Best Novel of the Year. Nesbo’s stories are dark, disturbing, and
fantastically good reading. He used some
of his father’s experiences fighting on the Russian Front during WWII in
crafting his story.

— Deon Stonehouse

Description

The first novel in the brilliant and epic Harry Hole series from the author of The Snowman—soon to be a major motion picture, starring Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, and J. K. Simmons.

“An elegant and complex thriller...ingenious…harrowingly beautiful scenes…. Nesbo’s book eloquently uses its multiple horrors to advance a disturbing argument: suppressing history is an open invitation for history to repeat itself.”—New York Times Book Review

Detective Harry Hole embarrassed the force, and for his sins he’s been reassigned to mundane surveillance tasks. But while monitoring neo-Nazi activities in Oslo, Hole is inadvertently drawn into a mystery with deep roots in Norway’s dark past, when members of the government willingly collaborated with Nazi Germany. More than sixty years later, this black mark won’t wash away—and disgraced old soldiers who once survived a brutal Russian winter are being murdered, one by one.

Now, with only a stained and guilty conscience to guide him, an angry, alcoholic, error-prone policeman must make his way safely past the traps and mirrors of a twisted criminal mind. For a conspiracy is taking rapid and hideous shape around Hole...and Norway’s darkest hour may be still to come.

Praise For…

“Reading THE REDBREAST is like watching a hit movie. Author Jo Nesbo’s scenes are so vivid that you can imagine them playing across the big screen. The pacing is swift. The plot is precise and intricate. The characters are intriguing.”

“Exciting, witty, melancholy and thought-provoking.”

“Paced to grip and twiddle with your insides, this is a fine thriller.”

“Original…demands concentration but it’s worth the effort.”

“Shifting effortlessly between the last days of WWII on the Eastern front and modern day Oslo, Norwegian Nesbø spins a complex tale of murder, revenge and betrayal. . . . Perfectly paced and painfully suspenseful.”